TSD Athletic Hall of Fame

• Athletic Hall of Fame
• Nomination Form
• Class of 2009
• Class of 2008
• Class of 2007
• Class of 2006
• Class of 2005
• Class of 2004
• Class of 2003
• Class of 2002
• Class of 2001
• Class of 2000
  • Dave Bittner
  • Tony Bradley
  • Dale Bufler
  • Dave Butcher
  • Chris Elzey
  • Ed Fowler
  • Lee Hart
  • Lee Hunt
  • Karen Kuhlman
  • Travis Myers
  • Karen Rayle
  • Ken Rose
  • Bill Thomas
  • Angie Trostel
  • Chuck Warren
• Class of 1999
• THS Athletics

Without a doubt, David Bittner was one of the greatest athletes ever to come out of Reily High School. He played 4 years of basketball, 4 years of volleyball, and 3 years of track and field.

In 1955, and in 1956, he led Reily to consecutive Butler County baseball championships as a hard hitting first baseman. However, it was basketball at which Dave truly excelled, and is best remembered.In 1956, David led Reily to its only Butler County tournament basketball championship. In so doing, he set the county tournament scoring record when he made 40 points, including a then record 16 field goals. For 2 consecutive years, he had season averages of over 28 points per game. In both 1956 and 1957, he was first team all Butler County, a member of the Cincinnati Post All Star team, and Honorable Mention, all state.

Upon graduation from Reily, David received a full athletic grant-in-aid to play basketball at Transylvania College in Lexington, Kentucky. In 1961, Dave led the Hamilton Mosler Safe team to the Ohio Industrial League Championship.